Debian Sid Desktop - KDE

Install KDE4
apt-get install alsa-base alsa-utils

useradd -d /home/james -G cdrom,floppy,audio,dip,video,plugdev -m -s /bin/bash james passwd james

su - james aplay /usr/share/sounds/alsa/Front_Center.wav exit alsactl -f /var/lib/alsa/asound.state store

I get annoyed with the pc speaker beeps so I disable the module. Append the following to the file /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf

blacklist pcspkr
 * 1) stop pcspkr from loading

apt-get install kde-plasma-desktop polkit-kde-1 ark gwenview kcalc kdeplasma-addons kwalletmanager ksnapshot kscreensaver okular okular-extra-backends phonon-backend-vlc vlc akonadi-backend-sqlite vlc-plugin-notify kdm virtuoso-minimal menu-xdg kde-l10n-engb kdemultimedia-kio-plugins ffmpegthumbs libpam-ck-connector kinfocenter kmenuedit enchant plasma-scriptengines libaacs0 libmtp-runtime libgtk2.0-bin kde-config-gtk-style kde-config-gtk-style-preview qtcurve qtcurve-l10n kmix

apt-get install plymouth plymouth-drm plymouth-themes-all

Then add splash to grub config

apt-get install iceweasel flashplugin-nonfree default-jre icedtea-7-plugin

update-alternatives --config x-www-browser

apt-get install k3b libk3b6-extracodecs dvd+rw-tools vcdimager growisofs k3b-i18n

apt-get install amarok